diff --git a/ts/logging/uploadDebugLog.ts b/ts/logging/uploadDebugLog.ts
index 958b7e2428..09626c16d4 100644
--- a/ts/logging/uploadDebugLog.ts
+++ b/ts/logging/uploadDebugLog.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export const upload = async ({
   } catch (error) {
     const response = error.response as Response<string>;
     throw new Error(
-      `Got threw on upload to S3, got status ${response?.statusCode}, body '${response?.body}'  `
+      `Got threw on upload to S3: "${error.message}", got status ${response?.statusCode}, body '${response?.body}'  `
     );
   }
   logger.info('Debug log upload complete.');